Cooking-cabinet



(No' Model.)

A. SEGAL.

- cooKme CABINET. No, 273,169. Patented Feb. 27,-1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Y OFFICE.

ADOLPH SEGAL, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

COOKING-CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 273,169, dated February 27, 1883.

Application filed August 24, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADOLPH SEGAL, a citizen of Germany, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, and State of California, have made and invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cabinet Cooking-Stoves; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawmgs.

Myinvention has relation to so-called cooking-cabinets, in which are combined in a compact and convenient form a small stove or range, a cabinet adapted to contain fuel, and provided with an ash holder or receiver, a water-heater, and yarious other appurtenances or appliances needed in the household in connection with cooking operations; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of the same, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

The following description explains the nature of my said invention and the manner in which I proceed to construct and use it, the accompanying drawings being referred to by figures and letters.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved cooking'cabinet set up ready for use, and Fig. 2 is a view taken from the left-hand side of Fig. 1. V

A represents acabinet, forming a base and support for the stove B. It is ofsuitable height to bring the top plate of the stove at convenient distance from the floor, so that a person is not required to bend or stoop in operating.

around it.

The stove portion B comprises a fire-box, c, an ash-pit, d, and an oven, 0. The stove-pipe D is preferably taken out through the center of the top, and around it is placed a chamber,

E, to hold and heat water. It is supported from the sides of the stove by legs E, which reach up and over and then are bent inward to support the water-chamber. An outlet provided with a faucet, f, furnishes the means of drawing it off into any vessel on the stove-surface, as required. This position of the pipe also affords room for the arms of a rack, so that they can swing out all round and hold towels and other articles in place over the heating-surface of the stove. As shown, the rack is formed of a series of radiating arms, Z, set in a broadened collar, X, which allows room below the point of attachment of the arms for the insertion of braces or supports, as shown, which stiffen the arms. The manner of carrying it through the heater is likewise a novel arrangement, as the chamber E is thereby elevated to give a clear cooking-surface over the entire top by means of the legs E. The side of the stove next to the fire-box is utilized as a heater for flat-irons, for which purpose it has cast upon it the lugs or projections 9 g, to receive and hold theirons in position against the side plate.

The part B can be secured on its base A in several ways by having a ledge, a, placed around the edge, within which the bottom of the stove is set, or by having catches or fastenings of suitable kind to fit over the rim around the stove-bottom. Many modes of securing these parts A B together will suggest themselves to any skillful mechanic.

The cabinet A is provided at the front with a compartment, H, for wood and coal, and another, I, to receive ashes, refuse sweepings of the room, and other matter. These two receptacles are placed on that side of the cabinet nearest and most convenient to the openings of the fire-box and the ash-pit. These compartments are carried about half-way of the depth of the cabinet, so as to afford room at the other side for another set of compartments, J K. These are provided as receptacles for plates and dishes, for articles of food to be kept warm, and for various cooking utensils to be used about the cabinet, such as knives, forks, spoons, &c. cabinet are also utilized, one being provided with a sliding drawer or shelf, L, to holda wash-basin or other articles, and at the other side a detachable table, M, which is hung at the side of the cabinet by means of hooks and staples an m, when not required for use.

Beneath the bottom of the cabinet, if it be constructed with legs or supports, I place a swinging bracket and platform, 1?, to receive various articles, such as the stove-lids, a hot pan, or vessel. When not required for service it can be turned in out of the way.

The other sides of this This improved combination of a stove and cabinet is not limited to any particular material or form.

The base A of this cabinet can be made of wood, protected at those points and surfaces exposed to heat by a covering or lining of sheet metal.

The stove or top B of the cabinet can be made detachable, so as to give convenience of handling, as in transportation.

The dirt and ashes receptacle should be removable, and for such purpose Iprefer to make it in the form of a drawer.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, i

1. The combination, with a cookingstove and the pipe thereof, placed centrally in the stove, of a Water-chamber, E, encircling said pipe, and having legs or supports E secured to the outer edge of the stove andsupporting said chamber, substantially as set forth.

2. The herein-described cooking-cabinet, consisting of the top or stove portion B, having the water-heater and iron-holder, and the supporting-base A, having the ash-box I, the coal-' box H, the sliding leaf L, and thedetachable table M, with the connections in m, substantially as set forth.

Witness my hand and seal.

ADOLPH SEGA L. [L. s] Witnesses:

EDWARD E. OSBORN, GEO. VINCENT. 

